I was looking forward to watching these 2 episodes since the moment I saw the cast. To make it better it's a court drama.
The acting was good given it was back in the early years of TV. The writing on the other hand went from okay to bad in an instant. No re-examination after the doctor tried to explain the headaches, no objection to the badgering, and then the oldest trick in the book written a hundred and 2 years before this episode by Charles Dickens himself, the switch to give a mistrial. The only problem is that this trick is not allowed in a court of law. It is also unoriginal by now.
The first episode was good and well thought through, and in the second one everything fell flat when the writers couldn't find a way for Steve McQueen to be free. I'm mad at this episode right now. So apologies if it seemed like ranting and you had to read it.
The acting was good given it was back in the early years of TV. The writing on the other hand went from okay to bad in an instant. No re-examination after the doctor tried to explain the headaches, no objection to the badgering, and then the oldest trick in the book written a hundred and 2 years before this episode by Charles Dickens himself, the switch to give a mistrial. The only problem is that this trick is not allowed in a court of law. It is also unoriginal by now.
The first episode was good and well thought through, and in the second one everything fell flat when the writers couldn't find a way for Steve McQueen to be free. I'm mad at this episode right now. So apologies if it seemed like ranting and you had to read it.